Watch: Rep. Marsha Blackburn Wants Africa’s Borders In Texas Closed
Rep. Marsha Blackburn is as good at geography as she is science. While a House panel sharply questioned health officials Thursday over the U.S. response to the Ebola virus, the Tennessee Congresswoman managed to get America’s borders mixed up with African borders. In fairness, both regions in the world begin with an A, so it must have confused the poor thing.
[su_center_ad]Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Thomas Frieden said a travel ban could encourage people in West Africa to take advantage of porous borders in the region and get to the United States another way, which would undermine U.S. efforts to screen patients at airports and be able to track and monitor potentially infected people.
Blackburn pounced at the mention of “borders.” She took Frieden’s “porous borders” remark which was referring to the borders between three African countries and confused it with America’s Southern borders.
Watch courtesy of Crooks And Liars:
She probably thinks Benghazi is in Lebanon. Oh, those tricky alphabet thingies.
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tiredoftea October 16th, 2014 at 5:04 pm
The other Michelle Bachmann strikes again.
Dwendt44 October 16th, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Teabagers are often confused by facts.
tiredoftea October 16th, 2014 at 5:16 pm
And, reality.
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 5:08 pm
This unintelligent and ignorant Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn who was named one of the Most Corrupt Members of U.S. Congress by the government watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington wants Africa’s borders in Texas closed.
Yes, Half Governor declared Africa as a country, and now her twin sister Marsha wants the Africa and Texas boarders closed.
This stupid woman strongly believes women do NOT want Equal Pay while her pay check is the same amount ($174,000) as her male colleagues!
Please put some duct tape on her mouth.
neworleans878 October 16th, 2014 at 5:53 pm
Probably took the same history classes as the Tundra Twit and thinks Paul Revere warned the British were coming and is clueless about the origins of the Korean War…
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 6:06 pm
I’m sure she did!
Budda October 16th, 2014 at 5:59 pm
Silence is golden but duct tape is silver…just saying
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 6:04 pm
After watching her video, I’d rather silver. 😉
fancypants October 16th, 2014 at 5:09 pm
no different then our war hawk politicians
just a different topic
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 5:21 pm
I bet she can’t even locate Tennessee on a map.
She might even believe Tennessee shares the same boarders with Turkey.
granpa.usthai October 16th, 2014 at 9:10 pm
oh help! anybody knows how to find Tennessee. Just ask for a ticket to Nashville, then ask them to show you where it’s at on a map. Ain’t but a little ways to Tennessee from thare!
An American in Canada October 16th, 2014 at 5:29 pm
Technically, there is a border between Texas and Africa, although separated by water…:D
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 5:43 pm
LOL, that is priceless!!
eyelashviper October 16th, 2014 at 5:45 pm
The Fence, the Fence, we need the Fence!!!!
granpa.usthai October 16th, 2014 at 9:07 pm
don’t forget the wall to put the fence on top of.
granpa.usthai October 16th, 2014 at 9:07 pm
don’t forget the wall to put the fence on top of.
KB723 October 16th, 2014 at 5:33 pm
TOO FUNNY, NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE!!!! =)
http://youtu.be/z8kwxlHf0cE
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 5:52 pm
Not to mention that Bobby Jindal himself is a “proud stupid member” of the “Stupid Party.”
KB723 October 16th, 2014 at 6:51 pm
Not sure exactly WHO he was calling out, them or himself, Hmmm, perhaps a Guilty Conscience???
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Maybe, he was looking at the mirror.
KB723 October 16th, 2014 at 7:14 pm
I heard a song about that one time…. http://youtu.be/pEQAie8ABLE
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 7:22 pm
I really liked Michael Jackson’s music and songs.
I wish Bobby Jindal was as talented as he was.
KB723 October 16th, 2014 at 7:41 pm
I am sure Bobby would Agree with you…. =)
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 8:22 pm
😉
KB723 October 16th, 2014 at 8:29 pm
=)
Guy Lauten October 16th, 2014 at 5:41 pm
“Ma mother always tol’ me: ‘Forrest, stupid is as stupid does.’ So don’t you worry yerself about it.”
And this one… this woman is STUPID! My stars.
eyelashviper October 16th, 2014 at 5:41 pm
The battle for Goper Nitwit of the Year is gearing up, and continues to plumb the depths of unexplored territory..
Blackburn and Gohmert of Texas are in the running, sure to get trophies at least.
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 5:43 pm
There are so many of them, they won’t even fit in a clown car.
Koch Brothers have to charter a cargo train for all of them.
eyelashviper October 16th, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Kattle Kars will do….just need someone to shovel out the dung…
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 5:51 pm
Oh my ……. that is so funny! lol
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 5:59 pm
Marsha Blackburn has been in U.S. Congress since 2003, her voting records are just embarrassing, and she has a ZERO accomplishment chart.
Her staff in her personal office have been getting paid $243,299 (01/01/2013 – 03/31/2013). This does not include her staff aides for any relevant committees, leadership offices, campaign committees and leadership PACs.
Last year during the GOTP’s government shutdown, the anti-government Marsha Blackburn who is actually working for the government while getting her pay checks, her best health care plan, her retirement and other benefits, her staff salaries, and etc. from the the same government said that:
“Keeping the government closed will probably help the public realize that they didn’t need it in the first place.”
Now you know how ignorant and stupid this woman is.
eyelashviper October 16th, 2014 at 6:14 pm
This is a good one…the typical goper voter
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZVAD6UkAnrk/T47DmHoFg0I/AAAAAAAAA00/J-yNWM5f8Gs/s1600/voting-republican1.jpg
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 6:28 pm
Good one, Viper ……. so true and so hilarious!
tracey marie October 16th, 2014 at 8:28 pm
love it ELV
Denise October 16th, 2014 at 6:41 pm
Tennessee’s answer to Michele Bachmann
granpa.usthai October 16th, 2014 at 9:03 pm
Alaska’s still the biggest.
granpa.usthai October 16th, 2014 at 9:03 pm
Alaska’s still the biggest.
Suzanne McFly October 16th, 2014 at 7:00 pm
As a teacher, I needed to take multiple tests on top of getting a Masters, why don’t our politicians need to pass similar tests and at least obtain a Bachelors degree? This would weed out a lot of ignorant money grabbers, not all, but Blackburn would be a start.
fahvel October 17th, 2014 at 3:07 am
not a chance – somehow you equate a degree with kindness and a sense of humanity – check the degrees of the far right scum and avoid those with degrees from those holy xian schools which do not educate.
Spirit of America October 16th, 2014 at 7:22 pm
I love those goofs & gaffs, shows them they are fallible too. I really loved when congressman johnson (d-ga) thought guam might tip over if we put too many marines/families on it…
forpeace October 16th, 2014 at 7:27 pm
Marsha Blackburn has been making goofs and gaffs on daily basis in her entire career in the U.S. Congress, she is an expert.
I’m not even sure how did she get a degree, I really love to see a copy of her college transcripts, and I also want to see a copy of her GED test result if she had even passed that test.
Spirit of America October 16th, 2014 at 7:37 pm
“she is an expert”…
I wonder if her parents knew what she’d pick to be good at when they told her as a little girl ‘be the best you can be at what you love’….
Anomaly 100 October 16th, 2014 at 8:46 pm
I remember that. I LOLed!
Spirit of America October 16th, 2014 at 11:11 pm
(I was going to put in “some of you here may be too young to remember this since it happened way back in 2010, but…[then type the story]… but I let that one go)
🙂
Anomaly 100 October 17th, 2014 at 4:35 am
I’m eleventy hundred years old. I remember stuff!
Spirit of America October 17th, 2014 at 7:58 am
Oh heck, you’re young enough to see at least eleventeen more election cycles then…
Anomaly 100 October 17th, 2014 at 8:50 am
Noooooooo!
Spirit of America October 17th, 2014 at 8:57 am
I meant to ask you, do you recall the admiral’s straight face when he replied:
“…we don’t foresee that happening…”
That was sooooooooo professional, I bet he got a hernia though, that had to hurt.
Anomaly 100 October 17th, 2014 at 9:01 am
I forgot that part of it. Do you remember when Obama signed something and added the wrong decade when he dated it?
Spirit of America October 17th, 2014 at 9:02 am
LOL, yea, I hated him for that… I went and checked all of my checks to make sure I didn’t do the same thing…
Anomaly 100 October 17th, 2014 at 9:26 am
I’ll check it out. I don’t see it, but you know, cataracts. (told you I’m old)
Spirit of America October 17th, 2014 at 9:40 am
a screen pic of it. Sometimes several show up, sometimes some are blue, this one is yellow….
Anomaly 100 October 17th, 2014 at 9:48 am
I’ll check through a few threads, thanks so much for the heads up!
Spirit of America October 17th, 2014 at 9:54 am
Much appreciated, thank you.
mea_mark October 17th, 2014 at 10:40 am
Blue line means it is a new comment, yellow line indicates the comment you have selected, or are going to.
Spirit of America October 17th, 2014 at 10:43 am
Excellent info, many thanks!
rg9rts October 17th, 2014 at 6:59 am
We had 22,000 military there in the 60’s + one Japanese soldier that didn’t get the memo his war was over
burqa October 16th, 2014 at 8:28 pm
Blackburn has labels on the side of her head and her rump to keep her from confusing one with the other…
granpa.usthai October 16th, 2014 at 9:01 pm
WTF?
Ted Cruz (Canadian born Cuban) is a Senator from Texas, and for whatever reason, thinks we’re back in Caesar’s time in Rome!?!
Not only are they bad in Geography and Science, they can’t even tell time!
William October 16th, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Palin thinks Africa is a country and the baggers think Kenya is in Hawaii. So what were you really expecting?
William October 16th, 2014 at 9:14 pm
Palin thinks Africa is a country and the baggers think Kenya is in Hawaii. So what were you really expecting?
rg9rts October 17th, 2014 at 6:57 am
She can see the both from her home
William October 16th, 2014 at 9:23 pm
Lets all try to remember where these people get their geography inputs from.
MrRibbert October 17th, 2014 at 12:05 am
This woman couldn’t pour water out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel.
fahvel October 17th, 2014 at 3:03 am
too too good – I hope you don’t mind if I use this comment – +++++
Patrick Rowe October 17th, 2014 at 12:14 am
If you check coming through Mexico are groups known as OTM which is an abbreviation for (Other Than Mexicans) and they represent a significant source of income for the coyotes.
If we have open borders we welcome all sorts of diseases that enrich our culture and I’m sure she means secure our borders!
R J October 17th, 2014 at 2:25 am
I love it when ignorant right wingers try and seem smart.
rg9rts October 17th, 2014 at 6:57 am
Anyone here that is surprised by this please raise your hand….
Deborah October 17th, 2014 at 12:32 pm
I suppose it may be expecting to much to ask these politicians and their media spokespeople to think things through, keep this perspective and act like mature adults. I really think their purpose is to cause a panic and get all people to act in an unnecassary manner that will crash the economy and cause extreme hardship without a widespread epidemic spreading in this country…..just so they can win an election. It really is truly immoral.
Now, it no way am I saying this is not a serious virus and infection controls need to be headed and for many people learned and practiced. Yet, no one in Ducan’s family, living with him or otherwise contracted Ebola. It has been those caring directly for Ducan’s in an advanced case of Ebola. Health care workers can make errors in their field, just like anyone else. We are in a learning curve just like we did with HIV. Yet, we have had cases of Lassa Fever come here from overseas and it was treated and contained successfully.
I have been shocked to read comment by some people on Facebook posts regarding Ebola. Most are misinform d even saying the Goverment is spraying it on us when they hear it may be airborn! Wow! M. Blackburn is a part of that Government she is helping to spread fear about! You don’t think theses politicians don’t know the crazy stuff and fear being posted on facebook or tweeted?
I think it is most alarming the way so many people treat others unlucky enough to have contracted contagious disease and most likely those people were caring for someone very ill! Maybe that is human nature but we should be in a learning curve with that too…and hopefully moving upward in that kind of behavior!
Deborah October 17th, 2014 at 12:59 pm
I have read FB posts where some people are suggesting we isolate, stop shopping at Malls or going to other public places like sporting events, community gatherings, shop only via the Internet ect. I think these politicians like Blackburn are simply feeding that fear and panic.
In the early 80’s, I found myself a divorced mother with two young children. I had a group of friends and we supported one another through life’s difficulties and celebrated the good times together. One of those friends was a man who was a Hemophiliac who contracted HIV through a blood transfusions in the early days of this disease before much was know. Now this man was one of the kindest men I have ever known. One day, after a group gathering, at my home in the country, I looked out the window and saw Frank mowing my lawn. I did not have a lawn mower. Now mind you, Frank could not walk without walking assists because he also had crippled legs. When I moved to that country home, because the rent was cheap, the only two people who showed up to help me move were two crippled men….Frank and another man with one arm and a genetic heart disease. Both men died within a decade. Frank first. We lost two of the kindest strongest men I have ever known.
The reason I tell this is when Frank Contracted HIV little was known about how it spread and there was panic and misinformation spread. I fell into it and I still cry today in how I treated Frank when he became ill. His disease changed our friendship and I became distant because if fear and paranoia. I still cry when I think about it and what we know today. Frank knew me well enough to know I was pushing pass my fears to see him in the last days of his life. Believe me….no one wants to live with the shame I still carry!
We do need to take Ebola and other deadly diseases seriously and practice infection control personally in our everyday lives but we need accurate and informed information….not crazy, panicky, out of perspective, irrational solutions! Please….we need ALL our media and politicians to be moral and level headed! I am not seeing that right now from some!
Kino October 17th, 2014 at 3:25 pm
I can’t watch it. This much ignorance in a public office is just too damn much to take.
Newzheimer October 17th, 2014 at 5:18 pm
Louie Gohmert is, indeed, dumber than this. According to him, Ebola is the result of the Democratic War on Women Nurses.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Gens October 18th, 2014 at 12:12 am
1st there was Michele Bachmann now Marsha Blackburn, how embarrassing!
rg9rts October 18th, 2014 at 9:40 am
CAN YOU SEE THIS???????? The Carnival Cruise ship with the suspected ebola patient is refused docking rights in Texas !!!!! LOL Hey can Mexico and Belize be wrong??
David McInnis October 18th, 2014 at 3:32 pm
Come on! Whoever wrote this article knows full well that she didn’t say that the U.S. had any common borders with any African countries. Although it’s very likely an unfounded fear, what she was asking was that IF they (anyone who is infected) were to approach the U.S. via Canada or Mexico, would it be prudent to secure the borders (which is a bit of a loaded question in itself). I’m sure we all have enough of a grasp of the English language to know what she actually meant. The intentional, partisan word-twisting, and inclusion of words that WEREN’T spoken at all, in this article is the same type of crap that I’m used to from Republicans. Is it really necessary to stoop to their level? I’d like to think that we’re better than that.